Ancient Hawaiʻi & Ahupuaʻa
Traditional land division extending from mountain (mauka) to ocean (makai).
What is the Ahupuaʻa?
Warrior leader who united all the Hawaiian islands into one kingdom by 1810.
Who is Kamehameha I (Kamehameha the Great)?
1848 land redistribution system that introduced private land ownership.
What is the Great Māhele?
1887 constitution forced upon King Kalākaua at gunpoint, stripping monarchical power.
What is the Bayonet Constitution?
Year the Hawaiian Kingdom was overthrown by the Committee of Safety.
What is 1893?
Sacred system of religious laws, social rules, and taboos in ancient Hawaiʻi.
What is the Kapu system?
Island where the pivotal 1795 Battle of Nuʻuanu took place.
What is Oʻahu?
Religious group arriving in 1820 that brought Christianity and written Hawaiian.
Who are the Protestant Missionaries?
Monarch known as the "Merrie Monarch" who revived hula and built ʻIolani Palace.
Who is King David Kalākaua?
Nation whose military forces (U.S. Marines) landed in Honolulu to support the overthrowers.
What is the United States?
Social class of commoners, farmers, and fishermen who worked the land.
Who are the Makaʻāinana?
Final island kingdom to peacefully join Kamehameha's rule in 1810.
What is Kauaʻi?
Main agricultural cash crop that dominated Hawaiʻi's 19th-century economy.
What is Sugar (Sugarcane)?
Last reigning sovereign monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
Who is Queen Liliʻuokalani?
Congressional resolution passed in 1898 to annex Hawaiʻi.
What is the Newlands Resolution (Joint Resolution)?
Ruling class of hereditary chiefs and noble leaders.
Who are the Aliʻi?
Two foreign advisors who assisted Kamehameha I with western military tactics.
Who are John Young and Isaac Davis?
1875 treaty allowing Hawaiian sugar to enter the U.S. duty-free.
What is the Reciprocity Treaty?
Strategic naval location granted to the U.S. in the 1887 Reciprocity renewal.
What is Pearl Harbor (Puʻuloa)?
U.S. Minister who authorized American troops to land in Honolulu in January 1893.
Who is John L. Stevens?
The class of priests, spiritual advisors, and master experts in ancient Hawaiʻi who specialized in navigation, healing, and canoe building.
Who are the Kahuna?
Year Kamehameha I officially completed the unification of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
What is 1810?
Monarch who enacted Hawaiʻi's first written constitution in 1840 and signed the Māhele.
Who is Kamehameha III (Kauikeaouli)?
Armed militia group of foreign businessmen that forced the 1887 constitution.
Who are the Honolulu Rifles (Hawaiian League)?
First president of the Provisional Government and Republic of Hawaiʻi.
Who is Sanford B. Dole?